TTIX Conference Schedule

June 03, 2009

8am - 8:50am
Lakeview

Registration

12pm - 12:50pm
TBD

Lunch

June 04, 2009

8am - 8:50am
Lakeview

Registration

8:30am - 8:50am
Lakeview

Be the Grand Poobah of Social Media

Marc Hugentobler
9am - 9:50am
Lakeview

The Urgency of Open Education

Brian Lamb
10am - 10:45am
Lakeview

Exhibits and snacks

LI 213

Augmented Field Trips - You CAN Take It With You

Marion Jensen
New software gives us the ability to link instructional content to a geographic location. This allows us to present additional information to learners based on their current location. This presentation will demonstrate a game designed for elementary school children to do in conjunction with a typical field trip. We will discuss the design and development of the game, as well as a hands-on demonstration of how to create your own augmented field trip.
LI 211

Context-specific Instructional Design in Higher Education

George Joeckel
“Concepts, theories and models have an ecology, a context within which they function. Importing a theory or model from a significantly different context, without attention to contextual differences, violates this ecology, and subsequently results in inefficient solutions to instructional problems.” We are ID practitioners creating an Instructional System of Design (ISD) for higher education. We will share with you what we have developed and then break into a workshop and a focus group.
LI 207

Engaging Computer Activities for ESL Learners

This session will explore computer-based activities that appeal to all learners, but that use language that is simple enough for beginning or intermediate English as a Second Language (ESL) learners to enjoy or to create. Activities are designed to teach both English language and computer skills. We will cover skills developed through (1) accessible Web 2.0 tools, (2) serious gaming, and (3) computer applications, such as Word, Excel and Power Point.
11am - 11:45am
Lakeview

Exhibits

LI 211

Context-specific Instructional Design in Higher Education

George Joeckel
“Concepts, theories and models have an ecology, a context within which they function. Importing a theory or model from a significantly different context, without attention to contextual differences, violates this ecology, and subsequently results in inefficient solutions to instructional problems.” We are ID practitioners creating an Instructional System of Design (ISD) for higher education. We will share with you what we have developed and then break into a workshop and a focus group.
LI 213

Augmented Field Trips - You CAN Take It With You

Marion Jensen
New software gives us the ability to link instructional content to a geographic location. This allows us to present additional information to learners based on their current location. This presentation will demonstrate a game designed for elementary school children to do in conjunction with a typical field trip. We will discuss the design and development of the game, as well as a hands-on demonstration of how to create your own augmented field trip.
LI 207

Engaging Computer Activities for ESL Learners

This session will explore computer-based activities that appeal to all learners, but that use language that is simple enough for beginning or intermediate English as a Second Language (ESL) learners to enjoy or to create. Activities are designed to teach both English language and computer skills. We will cover skills developed through (1) accessible Web 2.0 tools, (2) serious gaming, and (3) computer applications, such as Word, Excel and Power Point.
12pm - 1:15pm
Center Stage

Lunch

1:30pm - 2:15pm
Lakeview

Exhibits

LI 206

Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Sandie Waters
We begin our presentation with an overview of Google Tools and the benefits of using them in your classroom. We will also discuss the pros and cons of using Google Tools. We will discuss methods to increase student access to information, decrease workloads, and create collaborative opportunities. The second part of this presentation will present a hands-on session that will help you work with the tools. We will cover Google Docs, Reader, Sites, and Calendar.
LI 211

Designing with Design Layers

Andrew Gibbons
Whether they realize it or not, designers create instructional designs that are layered. Designers in many fields have realized this and taken advantage of it to improve the sophistication of their designs and the speed with which they produce them. This presentation describes a theory of design layers and explains how instructional designers can apply the theory.
LI 213

The Not So National Treasure Hunt

Charlene C. Gyurko PhD,RN,CNE
The purpose of this paper is to discuss an innovative online educational program at Purdue University Calumet School of Nursing that enhances the initiatives and probabilities of nurses pursing advanced practice education to be more likely to achieve their goals. The program was made possible by an Advanced Education Nursing Grant through the Division of Nursing (DN) Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Lakeview

Exhibits and snacks

LI 206

Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

Susan Cox
We begin our presentation with an overview of Google Tools and the benefits of using them in your classroom. We will also discuss the pros and cons of using Google Tools. We will discuss methods to increase student access to information, decrease workloads, and create collaborative opportunities. The second part of this presentation will present a hands-on session that will help you work with the tools. We will cover Google Docs, Reader, Sites, and Calendar.
LI 211

Designing with Design Layers

Andrew Gibbons
Whether they realize it or not, designers create instructional designs that are layered. Designers in many fields have realized this and taken advantage of it to improve the sophistication of their designs and the speed with which they produce them. This presentation describes a theory of design layers and explains how instructional designers can apply the theory.
LI 207

The Not So National Treasure Hunt

Jill Ullmann
The purpose of this paper is to discuss an innovative online educational program at Purdue University Calumet School of Nursing that enhances the initiatives and probabilities of nurses pursing advanced practice education to be more likely to achieve their goals. The program was made possible by an Advanced Education Nursing Grant through the Division of Nursing (DN) Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Lakeview

Exhibits and snacks

LI 211

Increasing Student Engagement in Distance Learning Courses

Nate Southerland
Student engagement is critical for retention and success, especially in distance learning settings, where students have little or no face-to-face contact with their classmates and instructors. In this presentation, we will explore student retention theory and how it can inform distance learning practices to promote student engagement and success. Participants will share favorite tools for promoting engagement with one another as part of the session.
LI 206

Engaged or Enraged? Courting the online learner with lessons learned from video gaming

Chuck Wight
Let's face it: most "academic" video games are just lame. But there are important lessons to be learned from the video gaming industry to engage students in learning. PracticeZone.org is putting some of these concepts to work to teach General Chemistry online.
6:30pm - 9pm
Foundry Grill

TTIX Social Dinner at Sundance

June 05, 2009

8am - 8:50am
Lakeview

Registration

10am - 10:45am
Lakeview

Exhibits and snacks

LI 211

Build your Audience like a Virus

Victoria Rasmussen
Learn how one small professional development program has taken advantage of free and low-cost Web 2.0 and text messaging technologies to keep in touch with our core participants, reach out to previously untapped audiences and expand our “viral marketing” efforts.
LI 213

Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works

Matt Kuhn
This is an introduction to the book "Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works." Within the framework of research-based instructional strategies, seven wide-ranging categories of educational technology are applied: • Word Processing Applications • Spreadsheet Software • Organizing and Brainstorming Software • Multimedia • Data Collection Tools • Web Resources • Communication Software (Web 2.0) After a brief overview, participants will try out some of the latest applications beyond those found in the book.
LI 206

21st Century Online Learning Environment

Shelley Constant
Instructors consider personal interaction to be the most valuable element of the teaching and learning process. This presentation will demonstrate how the 21st century online learning environment allows faculty and students to build relationships by combining state-of-the-art interactive technologies such as voice, video, application sharing, polling, and whiteboarding, with traditional best practices of instruction.
11am - 11:45am
Lakeview

Exhibits

Lakeview

Circle Discussions

Jared Stein
12pm - 1:15pm
Center Stage

Lunch

1:30pm - 2:15pm
Lakeview

Exhibits

LI 211

Service Learning at a Distance: Engaging Online Learners in Applying Their Knowledge and Skills to Help Others

Thomas Cunningham
One of the challenges of teaching an online course is to get students involved with the content beyond simply reading and discussing it. When students are separated from the instructor and each other by distance and time, how can they be effectively guided in arranging, participating in, and completing service-learning experiences? The presenter will share instructional strategies he has utilized to rise above such challenges.
LI 206

Building a Loosely Coupled Gradebook

Jon Mott
An update on BYU's efforts to develop a "loosely coupled gradebook" to serve as a central data collection and communication tool for teachers and learners.
LI 213

The use of Open Educational Resources by Tecnologico de Monterrey faculty

Fernando J. Mortera-Gutierrez
Presenting the research results of the adoption and implementation by Tecnologico de Monterrey College Faculty of Open Educational Resources (OERs) through the use and help of the Knowledge Hub search engine initiative created and managed by this institution (http://khub.itesm.mx/) in 2008. The purpose of this paper presentation will comment on the best practices used by professors on incorporating and implementing Open Educational Resources available at the World Wide Web within their college courses (http://www.itesm.edu/)(http://www.ruv.itesm.mx/).
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Lakeview

Exhibits and snacks

LI 213

Using Online Homework in Traditional College Math Classes or How to Grade 45,000 Homework Problems and Still Keep Smiling

Shane Brewer
Online homework systems are becoming more advanced and available to the mathematics educators. These systems offer many potential advantages to instructors. I recently conducted an experimental study which compared the effectiveness of using online homework versus textbook homework in a traditional face-to-face college algebra class. The results of this study and other like it will be reported in an effort to help others determine if incorporating an online homework system would be beneficial.
LI 211

Hunting, Gathering, and Growing Open Educational Resources

John Hilton
This presentation will (1) introduce the open education movement and, specifically, open educational resources; (2) explain work done to identify and match OER to Open High School of Utah curriculum needs; (3) describe implications and recommend directions for instructional designers and teachers interested in working with and creating OER.
4:30pm - 4:45pm
Lakeview

Crowning the "Grand Poo-Bah of Social Media 09"

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